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Message: 8th Principle--Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
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8th
Principle
Men are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable rights.
Principle
Men are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable rights.
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The Founders did not believe that the basic rights of
mankind originated from any social compact, king, emperor,
or governmental authority. Those rights, they believed, came
directly and exclusively from God. Therefore, they were to be
maintained sacred and inviolate, John Locke said it this way:
"The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it,
which ... teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that
being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm
another in his life, health, liberty or possessions; for men
being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely
wise maker; all the servants of one sovereign master, sent
into the world by His order and about His business; they are
His property....
mankind originated from any social compact, king, emperor,
or governmental authority. Those rights, they believed, came
directly and exclusively from God. Therefore, they were to be
maintained sacred and inviolate, John Locke said it this way:
"The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it,
which ... teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that
being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm
another in his life, health, liberty or possessions; for men
being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely
wise maker; all the servants of one sovereign master, sent
into the world by His order and about His business; they are
His property....
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The unalienable rights endowed by the Creator, but no one
else can take those rights from us without being subject to
God's justice. This is what makes certain rights unalienable.
They are inherent rights given to us by the Creator. That is
why they are called natural rights.
else can take those rights from us without being subject to
God's justice. This is what makes certain rights unalienable.
They are inherent rights given to us by the Creator. That is
why they are called natural rights.
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We also have certain other rights called vested rights
which are created by the community, state, or nation for our
protection or well-being. However, these can be changed any
time the lawmakers feel like it.
We also have certain other rights called vested rights
which are created by the community, state, or nation for our
protection or well-being. However, these can be changed any
time the lawmakers feel like it.
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The Founders Did Not List All
of the Unalienable Rights
of the Unalienable Rights
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When the Founders adopted the Declaration of
Independence, they emphasized in phrases very similar to
those of Blackstone that God has endowed all mankind "with
certain unalienable rights, that AMONG these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness."
Let us identify some of the unalienable or natural rights
which the Founders knew existed but did not enumerate in
the Declaration of Independence:
The right of self-government.
The right to bear arms for self-defense.
The right to own, develop, and dispose of property.
The right to make personal choices.
The right of free conscience.
The right to choose a profession.
The right to choose a mate.
The right to beget one's kind.
The right to assemble.
The right to petition.
The right to free speech.
The right to a free press.
The right to enjoy the fruits of one's labors.
The right to improve one's position through barter and sale.
The right to contrive and invent.
The right to explore the natural resources of the earth.
The right to privacy.
The right to provide personal security.
The right to provide nature's necessities -- air, food,
water, clothing, and shelter.
The right to a fair trial.
The right of free association.
The right to contract.
When the Founders adopted the Declaration of
Independence, they emphasized in phrases very similar to
those of Blackstone that God has endowed all mankind "with
certain unalienable rights, that AMONG these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness."
Let us identify some of the unalienable or natural rights
which the Founders knew existed but did not enumerate in
the Declaration of Independence:
The right of self-government.
The right to bear arms for self-defense.
The right to own, develop, and dispose of property.
The right to make personal choices.
The right of free conscience.
The right to choose a profession.
The right to choose a mate.
The right to beget one's kind.
The right to assemble.
The right to petition.
The right to free speech.
The right to a free press.
The right to enjoy the fruits of one's labors.
The right to improve one's position through barter and sale.
The right to contrive and invent.
The right to explore the natural resources of the earth.
The right to privacy.
The right to provide personal security.
The right to provide nature's necessities -- air, food,
water, clothing, and shelter.
The right to a fair trial.
The right of free association.
The right to contract.
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"We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.".
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.".
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Natural rights may be reduced to
three principal or primary articles: the right of personal
security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of
private property;
three principal or primary articles: the right of personal
security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of
private property;
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"Life, faculties, production -- in other words,
individuality, liberty, property -- this is man. And in spite of
the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from
God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it.
"Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men
have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life,
liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to
make laws [for the protection of them] in the first place."
(Frederic Bastiat, The Law, The Foundation for Economic
Education, Inc., Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, 1974], pp.
5-6.)
individuality, liberty, property -- this is man. And in spite of
the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from
God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it.
"Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men
have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life,
liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to
make laws [for the protection of them] in the first place."
(Frederic Bastiat, The Law, The Foundation for Economic
Education, Inc., Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, 1974], pp.
5-6.)
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